A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Intro a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Texts Writers Statistics Top200 Search Compare

Concordance

Enter a word to find all occurrences of, for example ablow

- pre-sorted concord - post-sorted concord - map and chronology - chronogrid - similar spellings - fine-grain concord -

Use in varieties of Scots

shaved Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.2 7.1 3 0 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences1714 2 0 0 0 1
Number of authors13 10 2 1

Occurrences of shaved in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
ell. Aw muscles an tattoos an shaved heids. Wan ae thum even hus a on page 9

1 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
dy. A've git dark broon hair, shaved sides n both ears pierced wae on page 9

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
hin. He wondert if he shoulda shaved. Mibbe no. on page 1

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
ay three baldy guys, wan wi a shaved heid are absolutely stammin o on page 3

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
shed oot black denims an he'd shaved a diagonal line through wan a on page 117
took a nervous break doon an shaved aff aw her hair. She tells me on page 153
Chris Rice has shaved aw his hair aff. He come inta on page 157
his hair cut. He's got it aw shaved right intac the wood except f on page 169

5 matches

Calderwood, Lynsey Cantsmell, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2020) Central, prose
s she’d tae got her hair aw shaved aff.
1 matches

Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
jaiket an a bunnet. He never shaved - I mean, why bother?. She m
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
etan kind wi maroon robes and shaved heids. Three of them, staundi
1 matches

Curt_Kenobi Mates, (archiveofourown.org 2016) Central, prose
t fir it tae grow out, sae ah shaved it all off, jist about.)
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
m8 - is it no aboot time ee shaved thae sexy legs tho lol (2020) twitter link

Doric

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
Egyptians shaved aff thair ee-broos murnin tha on page 3

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
fore him on his lap. He'd bin shaved, his hair hid bin washed an c
1 matches

Ulster

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
An clane-shaved roaks wi limpits scabbed Aroo on page 26

1 matches

Web Analytics